Golden Beach

Also known as Golden Beach, Florida, Golden Beach, FL

town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States

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Country: United States
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade
Incorporated: May 23, 1929
Type: Council-Manager
Mayor: Glenn Singer
Vice mayor: Judy Lusskin
Councilmembers: Kenneth Bernstein, Bernard Einstein, and , Jessie Mendal
Town manager: Alexander Diaz
Town clerk: Lissette Perez
Total: 0.41 sq mi (1.07 km )
Land: 0.32 sq mi (0.84 km )
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Golden Beach is a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, between the Intracoastal Waterway and Atlantic Ocean. The town is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 US census, the town had a population of 961.

Golden Beach is known as a very upscale community, and many of its houses are worth over a million dollars. Several celebrities, including Bill Gates, own homes there. Eric Clapton's album 461 Ocean Boulevard was named after the Golden Beach house at that address, a photo of which is also featured on the album cover. High-rise construction and commercial development are not permitted within the town limits.